ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,092, issued on May 13, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"CPAP device" was invented by Hiroki Maeda (Kyoto, Japan), Yoshihide Amagai (Kyoto, Japan), Yoshio Yamanaka (Kyoto, Japan) and Yoshitaka Hane (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device which sends, into an airway of a user, air sucked into the device. A body unit as a first unit has a cylindrical first lead-out portion through which air circulates. A base unit as a second unit has a third introduction portion to which the first lead-out portion is to be connected....